Tenant Rights & Deposit Recovery
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DepositBack helps renters protect their money, document problems, and take organized action when a landlord withholds a deposit, ignores repairs, sends an eviction notice, enters without proper notice, or adds questionable fees.
Built for tenants who need practical tools — not scattered notes, missing photos, and confusing deadlines — DepositBack brings deposit recovery, evidence storage, renter-rights guidance, document generation, and dispute organization into one private iPhone app.
Recover your security deposit
Track your deposit from move-in to move-out with state-aware deadline tools, itemized deduction reminders, and demand-letter generation.
Features include:
* Security deposit tracker
* Move-in and move-out date tracking
* Deposit deadline countdowns
* 50-state deposit rule lookup
* Demand letter generation
* PDF preview and sharing
* Certified-mail preparation checklist
* Small-claims preparation guidance
* Court and legal-aid lookup tools
Document everything
Create a clean, organized evidence trail before a dispute turns into your word against theirs.
DepositBack includes:
* Secure document vault
* Lease, receipt, notice, photo, and court-document storage
* PDF, image, and text document support
* Search and category filters
* Case-specific document organization
* Encrypted local file storage
* Face ID / Touch ID vault protection
* Data export and delete-all-data controls
Inspect your rental
Record the condition of your rental before and after occupancy with room-by-room inspection tools.
Use DepositBack to:
* Log move-in and move-out inspections
* Add room-by-room notes
* Mark damaged areas
* Attach photo evidence
* Compare condition changes
* Generate condition reports
* Export inspection PDFs
Handle repair and habitability issues
If repairs are ignored, DepositBack helps you keep a proper record and escalate in an organized way.
Tools include:
* Repair request tracking
* Urgency and habitability flags
* Follow-up reminders
* Landlord response logging
* Formal repair complaint letters
* Repair-and-deduct calculator
* Housing authority and legal-aid guidance
Respond to eviction notices
DepositBack helps tenants organize notice details, identify possible issues, and prepare a written response.
Eviction tools include:
* Eviction notice upload
* OCR text extraction
* Notice type detection
* Response deadline calculation
* Possible procedural defect flags
* Response letter generation
* Emergency legal-aid routing
* Eviction timeline guidance
Log illegal entry and privacy violations
Track landlord or property-manager entry incidents with the facts needed for a clear written record.
Features include:
* Unauthorized entry incident logs
* Notice and consent tracking
* Repeat-entry detection
* Police report number fields
* Photo evidence support
* Illegal-entry demand letter generation
* State entry-notice reference tools
Dispute rent increases and fees
Analyze rent increases, late fees, and questionable charges against lease terms and available local rules.
Includes:
* Rent increase analyzer
* Notice-period calculation
* Rent-control check where available
* Fee dispute letter generator
* Rent payment ledger
* Payment history export
* Rent due reminders
Understand your rights
DepositBack includes renter-rights guidance designed to help tenants understand common issues and next steps.
Rights tools include:
* State renter-rights reference
* Federal rights section
* Legal issue spotter
* Security deposit rules
* Entry notice rules
* Eviction notice periods
* Repair timelines
* Retaliation protections
* Anti-discrimination references
* Legal-aid organization directory
* Attorney and court lookup tools
Analyze your lease
Import a lease and review it for common clauses that may affect your rights or obligations.
Lease tools include:
* PDF and text lease import
* OCR support for scanned pages
* Clause detection
* Late fee, deposit, entry, repair, renewal, pet, guest, and subletting review
* Plain-English issue summaries
* Risk and severity labels
Extra renter tools
DepositBack also includes practical tools for everyday renter issues:
* Roommate manager
* Shared expense tracking
* Roommate agreement generator
* Deposit buyout calculator
* Rent reporting resources
* Credit score tracker
* Renter’s insurance marketplace links
* Mediation and dispute-resolution guidance
Built for privacy
DepositBack is designed around local organization and renter control. Store your profile, cases, letters, documents, inspection records, and dispute history directly in the app, with biometric protection available for sensitive vault documents.
Important legal notice
DepositBack provides self-help organization tools, templates, and general legal information. It does not provide legal advice, does not replace an attorney, and does not guarantee any legal outcome. Tenant laws vary by state, county, city, lease terms, facts, and timing. For legal advice about your specific situation, contact a qualified attorney or legal-aid organization.
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